In the Shuya Palace, Concubine Shu sat on a chair without saying a word, while the attendants and maids in the palace were kneeling all over the floor.
After a while, a palace maid hurried in from the outside, walked up to Concubine Shu and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has sent guards to guard the Qiwu Palace, and the servants have no way of finding out what happened inside."
Concubine Shu suddenly stood up, "What, guard?"
Concubine Shu thought to herself for a while, before she said in some doubts, "It shouldn't be, what happened to the empress, why would she send guards to guard it? If the child in the empress' belly is gone, then the palace should be guarded, After all, the queen's previous move was extremely insidious. In front of so many people, everyone watched Bengong throw her to the ground. Everyone would definitely think that Bengong had harmed her. But in the stomach If your child is fine, the emperor should definitely come to ask Bengong Xingshi about his crimes."
"The servant didn't understand it either, but the previous battle was really scary, showing that an imperial doctor from the imperial hospital passed by, and after a while, all the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital were called over, and the servant thought it was the queen's stomach My little master is not very well, but after a while, the emperor rushed out angrily, and before the servants could go to find out the news, Qiwu Palace was surrounded by people." The maid thought of seeing it just now. The situation was even more strange, so he hurriedly said.
"Just now, besides the queen, who else is in Qiwu Palace?" Concubine Shu asked after hearing the words and thought for a while.
The maid quickly replied, "There is also Princess Huiguo. When the emperor sent the queen back to Qiwu Palace, the princess followed her. Later, the emperor left for a while before she left."
Concubine Shu nodded, "Let's stand still today, and see the situation tomorrow. If the situation is still so confusing, I will go to Qingxin Hall."
The maid nodded, and turned her head to look at the court lady and attendants kneeling on the ground. Seeing this, Concubine Shu waved her hand and said, "Go down, go down, I feel upset seeing you kneeling here."
The group of maids and eunuchs quickly responded and saluted before retreating one by one.
When there was no third person in the palace, the maid said softly, "Master, the emperor ordered someone to check the clothes of the empress today."
Concubine Shu smiled slightly, gloating in her eyes, "Don't tell me, I forgot, today, our empress, who is loved by the mother, has made a big scandal. Just let them investigate. The matter was not done by me, so of course I can't find out about me. At most, the emperor will punish me for a lax crime. After all, clothes are always made by the clothing bureau, and me is now in charge of the harem. However, Bengong really wants to know, who on earth has vented this anger on behalf of Bengong. This method is really high, extremely high. Although the emperor ordered everyone not to talk about it, those courtiers who love to talk about their tongues will definitely go back. He would say that the empress is a bad star, and there is a bad omen coming from the sky. Si'er, what did they find out?"
The servant girl called Si'er by Concubine Shu quickly replied, "Your Majesty, don't worry, just as your Majesty said, this matter has nothing to do with us, and we will never find out about it."
Concubine Shu nodded, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, and said after a while, "It's just that Empress Yuanzhen's actions today are a little out of order. Ugly, she is suspicious of me, but she is not so impulsive, besides, she still has a dragon heir in her womb, what she did today is clearly determined to throw the dragon heir away, and then put the blame on My palace. Why on earth would you let her do this?"
Now Concubine Shu's heart is full of doubts, who set up this situation, let the queen tamper with her clothes on the Temple of Heaven, in front of all civil and military officials? Why is the queen so impulsive all of a sudden, she doesn't care about the dragon heir in her belly? Also, what is the situation with the queen now
That night, many people in the palace did not fall asleep.
On the second day, the guards outside the Queen's Palace hadn't withdrawn yet, but, despite Emperor Ning's decree, the word "Murder" appeared on the robe of Empress Yuanzhen when she was offering sacrifices to the heaven, but it was still spread. For a moment, people were in a state of panic, everyone said that the queen must have done something out of nature, so there was an ominous omen from heaven, and Ningguo might be in trouble.
Concubine Shu hurriedly took the maid to Qingxin Hall. When she arrived at Qingxin Hall, Yunshang was flipping through Buddhist scriptures, and she was chanting Buddhist words that Concubine Shu didn't quite understand.
Concubine Shu sat aside for a while, Yun Shang seemed to have just discovered her, and smiled quickly, "When did Concubine Shu come? Chang'er just didn't notice."
Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Not long after I came, I saw that Chang'er was reciting Buddhist scriptures, so I didn't disturb her."
Yun Shang smiled and told Qin Yi to pour tea for Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu waved her hand, "No need, I'm here today to ask the princess for something. Yesterday, the Empress Empress and I seemed to have some misunderstandings, and we had some disputes. After I returned to the palace, I regretted it very much. , I was afraid that I would go and make the empress angry again, so I sent someone to the empress to plead guilty, but the maid came back and reported that Qiwu Palace was surrounded by guards. I was worried, but I couldn't ask, today I really feel uneasy, I heard that the princess went to Qiwu Palace together yesterday, the princess knows, how is the empress?"
Yun Shang heard the words, lowered her head and sighed, and said after a while, "The child... is gone..."
Concubine Shu was shocked when she heard the words, she collapsed on the chair suddenly, her mind went blank, how could it be? Obviously, I didn't use any strength at all yesterday, why did the child disappear.
Concubine Shu was stunned for a while, and then remembered that this was in the Qingxin Palace, so she hurriedly smiled reluctantly, "I understand, thank you princess, I will not sit down anymore, so I will go back to the residence first."
"Then, Qin Yi, help me send off Concubine Shu." Yun Shang ordered softly, sighed again, lowered her head and began to read Buddhist scriptures.
After Concubine Shu came out of the Qingxin Palace, Qianyin laughed out loud, "Princess, you are really bad, Concubine Shu is the most concerned about the situation of the Queen's children, but you just lied to her, look With her appearance just now, her complexion turned pale in an instant."
Yun Shang smiled, "I'm not lying to her, the queen's child is indeed gone. Besides, father will definitely not say that the queen is pretending to be pregnant, but will only say that the queen's child is gone. Li If the clan knew the news, they would certainly be in trouble, at this time, how can they do without a scapegoat, so, for Concubine Shu, what she needs to bear is actually the same as the loss of the queen's child."
Qianyin was a little stunned when she heard the words, "But, it is obviously the empress who lied to someone, and, princess, concubine Shu is a member of Prince Jing."
Yun Shang sneered, "Prince Jing's people, Uncle Huang clearly promised me at the beginning that he would not do anything to Concubine Mother, but Concubine Shu made her own decision. For those who don't obey the master's orders, why don't you let me do it for you?" He solved it cleanly. Besides, with Prince Jing's temperament, Concubine Shu will never be the only one in this palace. Although I am cooperating with Prince Jing now, I can't guarantee that I won't become an enemy in the future. I also want to Look, there is no one else in this palace besides Concubine Shu, Prince Jing."
Although Qianyin didn't know what her master was thinking, she also felt that what the master said seemed reasonable, so she stopped talking.
"By the way, where is that Imperial Physician Chen locked up now?" Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, suddenly remembering this episode.
Qianyin hurriedly said, "It's in an unobtrusive side hall of Qiwu Palace. The concubine Jin has the most people around her, and the servants thought it would be more convenient to put it there. Besides, the empress Empress would never have imagined..."
"Yeah." Yun Chang nodded, "Except."
"Cuckoo, cuckoo..." Suddenly there was a cuckoo's cry outside, Yun Chang turned around and raised her eyebrows, Qian Yin quickly opened the window, and saw a ball of paper flying in from the window. Qianyin quickly picked it up and handed it to Yunshang.
Yun Chang opened the ball of paper, just glanced at it, but his expression suddenly changed.
"Princess, what happened?" Seeing that Yun Shang looked a little strange, but couldn't tell whether she was happy or unhappy, Qian Yin asked quickly.
Yun Chang smiled slightly and said, "Ning Qian and the others pursued Hua Jing, but they left Hua Jing at the border and were rescued by the third prince of Yelang Kingdom."
"Yelang Guosan Huangzi? Saved Huajing?" Qianyin was a little stunned, "How did they get on? Could it be just a coincidence?"
Yun Shang snorted coldly, "No matter why, I must leave as soon as possible. Let's go, now I will go to see my father."
When Yunshang arrived in the Qinzheng Palace, she found that the queen's father, Li Jingyan, was also there. Li Jingyan didn't seem to be looking very well, and when she saw Yunshang, she snorted coldly and turned her head away.
Yun Shang ignored it, and went straight to Ning Emperor to salute, "Father, my son heard that the incident of the Temple of Heaven has caused quite a stir among the people..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard Li Jingyan's cold voice, "The harem is not allowed to participate in politics. Didn't the princess' mother and concubine teach you?"
Yun Shang heard the words, turned her head and smiled at Li Jingyan, "Shang'er's mother and concubine were not by Chang'er's side when she was young, and Chang'er has always been taught by the empress. The prime minister means that the queen The empress did not teach well?"
Emperor Ning frowned, "Shang'er, let's continue."
Yun Shang ignored Li Jingyan, turned her head and smiled at Emperor Ning, "My son has a way to calm these rumors, after all, rumors spread around and hurt the foundation of the country."
"Oh?" Emperor Ning didn't seem to care too much, "Shang'er talk about it."
"The reason why the people are so terrified is because the fierce word appeared too strangely, and, on top of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, the time and place were too coincidental, so everyone thought it was a warning from heaven. My son I think that if we want to break this law, we need to show it to the common people with another auspicious omen.”
"Symbolizes auspiciousness? But, Shang'er, can it be done like this?" Ning Di sighed.
Yun Chang smiled, "The bad omens from the sky are rumors, and this auspiciousness is only based on one sentence, but the person who said this sentence needs to be someone with high prestige among the people, for example, Abbot Wuna .”
"Abbot Wuna?" Emperor Ning suddenly became enlightened when he heard the words, "Yes, how could I have forgotten that if Abbot Wuna said he saw an auspicious omen from heaven, and even tried to make the omen come to an end, then Naturally, everything will be solved.”
The more Emperor Ning thought about it, the happier he became, "Shang'er, you have done Emperor Father a great favor, come here."
An attendant hurriedly walked in, and Emperor Ning hurriedly said, "Go quickly to Ningguo Temple and invite Abbot Wuna here."
The servant responded and withdrew.
Yun Chang saw that his goal had been achieved, and with Li Jingyan here, he had always been a fox, and was afraid that he would see through something, so Yun Chang found an excuse at will and retreated.
Less than an hour after Yunshang returned to Qingxin Hall, news came that Concubine Shu had murdered the emperor's heir and was thrown into the cold palace by the emperor.
Yun Shang knew that Li Jingyan was in the Palace of Qinzheng just now, and it must be for this matter, so there was no surprise. However, the harem fell into a strange calm, and almost everyone was secretly guessing that the empress had just lost a child, and there were guards around Qiwu Palace, and no one could get close, and Concubine Shu... Being thrown into the cold palace, then, who will preside over the harem
Everyone's eyes turned to Qiwu Palace again, but they were not thinking of the queen, but another master living in Qiwu Palace, Concubine Jin. Although Concubine Jin is also pregnant, anyone with a discerning eye can see the emperor's love for her. Besides, she is the only woman above the concubine.
Just when everyone thought that the power of the harem would fall to Concubine Jin, the emperor issued an order, ordering Concubine Ming, who had ignored the affairs of the harem for a long time, to come out and preside over the overall situation.
So, everyone knew that although the empress was still in confinement, the emperor did not neglect her, it was only because Ming Taifei was also surnamed Li, she was Prime Minister Li's younger sister, and the empress's aunt.
"Princess, the queen deceives the emperor like that, that is the crime of deceiving the emperor, but why did the emperor let Concubine Ming come out to take charge of the harem?" Qianyin only felt that after watching for a long time, she couldn't see why the harem changed now. Become like this.
Seeing her confused look, Yun Shang raised her head and looked at Qin Yi, the two smiled tacitly, and then heard Qian Yin's displeased voice, "Princess and sister Qian Yin He knew he was making fun of me, but he didn't tell the servant what it was for."
Qin Yi smiled and said, "Because the empress has a good father, he is the prime minister, who holds the power, raised his arms, and there were many responders. Although the emperor is the king of a country, he dare not offend him. Therefore, as long as the prime minister is still the prime minister, the queen will still be the queen."
After Qianyin heard the words, it took him a long time to say, "Isn't that, if we want to deal with the queen, we must first remove Prime Minister Li?"
Yun Chang shook her head, "This is the safest way, but it's not the only way."
While talking, a voice came from outside, "Princess, Director Zheng is here."
Yun Shang quickly stood up, went out to greet her, and said with a smile, "I don't know what's the matter with Mr. Zheng coming?"
Manager Zheng smiled and looked at Yunshang, "Princess, Abbot Wuna has entered the palace, and he is in the Palace of Qinzheng at the moment. The emperor asked the servants to pass the message to the princess. Will the princess go to see Abbot Wuna?"
When Yun Chang heard this, there was a bit of joy in his eyes, "Of course I want it, Chang'er hasn't seen Abbot Wuna for a long time, please wait a moment, Chang'er will go to put on a cloak and go with the manager. "
Qin Yi hurriedly returned to the inner hall, took out a cloak, and helped Yun Shang put it on, Mr. Zheng looked at it for a moment, then smiled and said, "If this servant sees the cloak on the princess correctly, it should be presented by Prince Jing Right? Then the emperor gave it to the princess."
"Huh?" Yun Shang pretended to be surprised, "Shang'er only knew that the father gave it to him, but he didn't know anything else. It turned out that it was a gift from the emperor's uncle."
When Director Zheng heard the words, he nodded, followed Yunshang with a smile, and walked towards the Hall of Qinzheng.
In Qinzheng Hall, Abbot Wuna and Emperor Ning were playing chess. When Yunshang came in, the two were going down to the fierce place. Yunshang didn't disturb him. He stood aside and watched for a long time. After a long while, he heard Emperor Ning's hearty smile. The voice sounded, "The abbot's chess skills have become more and more refined, and I lost."
Wu Na stroked his white beard and said with a smile, "Amitabha, the emperor must be diligent in government affairs, so he can't care about playing chess. Now, even Princess Yunshang, I'm afraid she can play chess better than the emperor. "
Only then did Emperor Ning see Yun Chang standing aside, and when he heard Abbot Wu's words, he stuck out his tongue and looked at the chessboard with a smile, "Oh? I don't know, but Chang'er's chess skills are so good?"
"Of course, Chang'er's chess skills are..." Just as he was about to say that Xiao Yuanshan taught him himself, he felt a pain behind his back, knowing that Yun Shang must be secretly pinching him, so he quickly changed his words, "But the poor taught by the monk himself."
Emperor Ning was very happy in his heart, "Shang'er is very talented now, it was taught by Abbot Wuna, I haven't thanked Abbot properly yet."
Wu Na smiled, "Amitabha, the poor monk and the princess just fell in love with each other. Recently, the princess also wrote a letter to the poor monk. The poor monk knew about it and heard a lot along the way. Although the monks did not lie, they just , this matter is related to the peace of the country and the people, and it is the Buddha who blames it, and the poor monk is also responsible for it."
Emperor Ning was very grateful when he heard the words.
On the second day, Wuna appeared in the most prosperous place in the imperial city of Ningguo. The monk's clothes were not stained with a trace of dust, which caused people to rush to check. When people asked occasionally, Wuna said, "A few days ago, the poor monk Looking in the direction of the imperial city, seeing an evil star descending, fearing that something might happen, he rushed over in a hurry, but unexpectedly, last evening, the sky was suddenly filled with red clouds, and the direction to the west of the imperial palace was faintly glowing. It is true that Feng Xing came into the world and possessed a noble person in the palace, since there is Feng Xing in the imperial city, the evil star will definitely not be able to make waves, so the poor monk is relieved and is about to leave the city."
But one day, Wu Na's words spread throughout the entire imperial city like a snowball, and all kinds of legends spread out in a short while, but no one mentioned the Queen's matter, but when Feng Xing was mentioned, people would By the way, the evil star should have fallen on the empress.